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Eryngium Planum Sea Holly | 50+seeds | Bee Friendly

£3.29 GBP
£3.29 GBP
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Please find for sale 50+ fresh Sea Holly seeds (Eryngium Planum) - and easy to grow, low maintenance plant that is one of the best flowers you can grow to attract bees and other pollinators to your garden. The flowers heads also are great for cut flower displays.

PLEASE NOTE: All orders received before 8pm (Mon-Fri) will be dispatched same day

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INSTRUCTIONS - TO SAVE PAPER I NO LONGER SEND OUT WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS TO CUSTOMERS. INSTRUCTIONS ARE BELOW SO PLEASE BOOKMARK THIS PAGE. FEEL FREE TO MESSAGE ME WITH ANY GROWING QUESTIONS.


Germination Guide 

  • Sow indoors or under glass in late summer through to winter
  • Sow in trays of moist well-drained seed compost, and lightly cover with  sieved compost. 
  • Wrap the seed tray in a plastic bag and place at bottom of a fridge for 2-3 weeks. 
  • Remove from fridge but keep tray covered with clear plastic or a dome
  • Germination can be very irregular - some seedlings appearing from as little as week, others up to to two months. 
  • One each seedling large enough to handle, transfer it to its own 9cm pot 
  • Plant out in final position in spring


Growing Instructions

Prefers full sun in a light well-drained soil. Will tolerate very light shade. Plant into final position while the plant is young. The roots are often several feet long and do not like to be disturbed.



Olly's General Guide to Seed Sowing!

I love sowing seeds and it runs in the family - dad, granddad and finally my great-granddad for whom the hobby helped him get over his experiences in the Great War. I still get a big kick when I see the first seedliing poking through from a new plant that I have never sown before or been successful at. However, even the most experienced gardeners draw "blanks" from time to time. Whilst I sow all the seeds that I sell so I know that they are viable, some are trickier than others and problems can arise so here are some tips to make "blanks" few and far between:

1) Don't Rush! Tempting though it is when that packet arrives in the post to simply bung the seeds in some compost!

2) Google and YouTube are your friends! Take some time so see the methods other people use to germinate the seed. 

3) Think Nature! What conditions do seeds face? For example a seed from a tropical plant will fall to the warm, wet and dark jungle floor. A seed from the mountains of Europe will fall to the floor in Autumn, then have to endure months of freezing temperatures before germinating in the spring. So as growers, what we are trying to do is to simulate the conditions that the seeds will naturally experience and there are plenty of tricks that can be done to short cut the processes somewhat.

4) Good compost pays dividends . The best investment you can make is to purchase three bags - one of potting compost, one of vermiculite and one of horticultural sand. With these three bags I can make up whatever soil type a particular seed likes (although for most seeds I find a 50/50 mix of compost and vermiculite works just fine) 

5) Rot is your enemy. The single biggest danger to seed germination is rot - either before or after "damping off" the seeds germinate. To reduce the risk, ensure you have good free draining soil mix and that it is moist but not wet. Unless the seed variety absolutely requires it I prefer NOT to cover my seeds trays with plastic bags, Whilst germination is often faster this way, it greatly increases the risk of rot. I prefer to place my seed trans inside a watertight plastic tray and water from the bottom - airflow over the surface reduces the risk.

Problem? Don't rush to Feedback - get in touch and I will sort it out!

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